Plant-support.



W. S. BEASLEY.

PLANT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. 1909.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

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W 5 S k ATTORAEK WILLIAM S. BEASLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PLANT-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

Application filed February 25, 1909. Serial No. 479,988.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM S. BEAsLnY,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Germantown, in thecounty and city of 9 Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,

have invented a new and useful Plant-Sup port, of which the following isa specifica tion.

The principal objects of the present invention are, first, to provide asimple, convenient, comparatively inexpensive and efficient supportadapted for use in greenhouses and out of doors, for supporting plantsof various kinds, and second, to provide a plant support which can berapidly and easily applied to the plants without having resort to tyingthem and which does not interfere with either cultivation and growth ofthe plants or the gathering of the flowers.

2c The invention will be claimed at the end hereof, but will first bedescribed in connection with the embodiments of it chosen forillustration in the accompanying drawings, and in which- Figure 1, is aperspective view illustrating a plant holder embodying features of theinvention, in application to a row of plant-s. Fig. 2, is a top or planview, partly in section, illustrating the plant holder shown in 50Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is an end view, partly in section, showing a modifiedform of stake. Fig. 4, is a top or plan view illustrating a modificationof the invention and showing a clip. Fig. 5, is a similar viewillustrating another modification, and Fig. 6, is a side viewillustrating another modification.

In the drawings 1 and 2 are stakes of suitable material andconstruction. They may be of wood or metal; those shown are preferablyof metal.

3, is a pointed base or end piece for the stake and in Fig. 1 it isshown as made by bending the wire which constitutes the stake. 111 Fig.3, the base 3 is shown as made of metal suitably connected with the endof the stake.

l, are rings which may or may not be provided, and when present, theyserve as a handle and also as a means by which the stakes can be hungup. The stakes are provided with lateral eyes or sockets 5, convenientlyarranged along them; the number of the sockets may be increased ordiminished and of course the stakes as well as the other parts to behereinafter described may be made of convenient sizes and lengths.

6, are rods or stringers and they extend between the stakes and areprovided at their ends with hooks or feet 7, adapted for de tachableattachment to the eyes or sockets 5. The eyes or sockets and the feet orhooks are examples of detachable connections and the terms sockets oreyes and feet or hooks are not intended to limit the invention to theexact construction shown in the drawings. The rods or stringers arearranged in pairs with space between them. As shown in Fig.

2 and also in Fig. i the rods or stringers are correspondingly offset sothat the space is subdivided and each subdivision may 0011- tain asingle plant, as is shown in the drawings, although it may contain morethan one plant. In Fig. 2, the spaces are circular, whereas in Fig. 4,they are rectangular. In Fig. 5, the rods or stringers are offset attheir ends so that there is one continuous space between them. As shownin Fig. (3, the rods or stringers between the spaces are twistedtogether forming loops and the feet or hooks lie in substantially thesame plane as the plane of the loops, so that in this construction thepair of rods or stringers lie vertically and are useful for vines andsuch plants. As shown in the other figures the pair of rods or stringerslie in horizontal plane and are intended for use in connection with suchplants as Carnations, snapdragons and the like.

8, is a clip consisting of a piece of metal having hooks at its endswhich may engage one of the rods or stringers 9, while the body of theclip passes around the other rod or stringer 10'. This clip, whenpresent, serves to keep the rods or stringers in position, although theclip is not necessary in all cases and the invention is not confined tothe precise form of clip shown in the drawings.

In use the stakes are placed at the ends of a row of plants and theytherefore do not interfere with the cultivation of the plants. The rodsor stringers are then connected with the stakes and in cases where therods or stringers of each pair are separable, for example as in Figs. 2,4E, and 5, one of the rods of the pair may be secured at its ends toeach stake and the other rod may be secured first at one of its ends toa stake, as shown in Fig. 1, and then the free end brought up to theother stake and in this way the plants are easily placed between the 116two rods or stringers, which serve to support them without need oftying. The

absence of all tying is a desirable feature not only because of the timeit takes to tie up plants, but also because it permits of the easypicking of the flowers. It is evident that the described device saves agreat deal of labor because it can be readily applied to the plants andthis item is particularly important in the case of green-houses.

\Vhat I claim is:

l. A plant support comprising stakes having rods arranged between themand oitset at intervals to provide spaces, and a detachable clip forbinding together the parts of the rods between the oitsets,substantially as described.

2. A plant support comprising in combination a pair of single stakeseach provided with lateral eyes and rods arranged in pairs and extendingbetween the stakes and having at each of their ends hooks detachablyengaging said eyes, each rod being correspondingly offset to form plantspaces and said rods being in close proximity with each other betweenthe offsets, substantially as described.

3. A plant support comprising in combination a pair of stakes eachconsisting of a single standard, rods arranged in pairs and extendingbetween the stakes, each rod being correspondingly offset to form plantspaces and said rods being in close proximity with each other betweenthe ofisets, and hooks and eyes for detachably connecting the ends ofeach of the rods and stakes whereby the rods may, be separated to getthe plants between them.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

\VILLIAM S. BEASLEY.

In the presence of GEO. S. \VEn'rsUER, FRANK B. Saturn.

